The PSOE meets with Bildu in Navarra to explain the agreement that will make Chivite president again

Representatives of the Socialist Party of Navarra (PSN), Geroa Bai and Contigo-Zurekin have met this Wednesday with EH Bildu to transfer and explain to him the programmatic agreement that they presented this Tuesday to form a Government in Navarra.

These contacts are carried out in a context in which the socialist María Chivite is awaiting the decision made by the bases of EH Bildu. His membership will have to vote throughout this Wednesday if the party should abstain to facilitate the governance of the acting president.

The Bildu Political Table in Navarra sent a clear message in this regard: “We find ourselves in a complex context, at a time that is transitioning between the old policy of the regime that is running out and a new stage that advances without exclusions and without complexes”. “In Navarra there are progressive majorities and the citizens do not want the right to govern either in Navarra or in Madrid.”

And although his spokesperson in the regional congress, Laura Aznal, pointed out this Wednesday that “we do not feel linked to this agreement because it is not ours”, he added that “the investiture can be a starting point that opens a four-year path to keep advancing”. With regard to a future immersion in political support, the regional deputy said: “We have made our total predisposition to advance our priorities: expanding rights, strengthening public services and self-government.”

In addition to increasing his group by two seats, from seven to nine, Bildu was the third party with the most votes in the regional elections of 28-M in Navarra. In this sense, Aznal has indicated: “The public wants Bildu to be a protagonist in this path that must be followed these four years.”

Bearing in mind this necessary support, Chivite already declared this Tuesday that he will bet on “linguistic diversity”.. “Navarre claims its diversity, in defense of its heritage and culture. And, of course, their own languages. Hence, we show the greatest respect for Basque in the context of the law from sociolinguistic logic”.

That is why the president of the Unión del Pueblo Navarro (UPN), Javier Esparza, has lamented that the formation headed by Arnaldo Otegui is the one who “decides” who presides over the Government of Navarra. Irene Royo has stressed that “we have been offered a theater and a lack of respect for ten weeks”. To which he has added: “It has been a lack of respect, above all, for Navarrese society”. In addition, the future government has been branded as “weak, without a clear mandate and that it will be subject to Bildu.”

Vox's gaze has also focused on the role that the pro-independence force will develop in the legislature. The disappearance of the formation in the signing of the programmatic agreement has come as a certain surprise for one of the representatives of Abascal's party in Navarra, Maite Nosti: “Bildu was not present, but it really is of great importance because this new government is going to depend on them, as we all know.”

In a speech similar to the national one, Nosti has also made reference to the public spending that the new Executive will entail: “Political spending is very high. Not satisfied with that, now there are three vice presidencies so that the three ladies representing the three respective parties are happy.”

AUGUST 12, INVESTMENT SESSION

The president of the Navarrese Congress, Unai Hualde, has announced this Wednesday that the candidate chosen to submit to the investiture is the socialist María Chivite. The acting leader of the Executive has formalized her candidacy to comply “with the mandate expressed by the Navarrese and Navarrese at the polls”, as she has indicated on social networks.

In addition, and after holding a meeting with all the political representatives, Hualde has set next Saturday as the date to hold the first investiture plenary session, where the first vote will take place.. Regarding the second, this could be convened 24 hours later, where a simple majority -more yeses than noes- would grant the presidency to the candidate presented.

Despite the fact that the regulations of the Parliament of Navarra set the period between the round of contacts and the investiture session at 72 hours, both the president and the Parliamentary Bureau can speed up these periods, according to Europa Press. Hualde explained that this Friday the Table and Board of Spokespersons will approve these deadlines, although Esparza, whose group is made up of 15 representatives, has shown a position against advancing the deadlines.